Tim Hwang and Rachel Reses are joined by historian Andrew Fagal to reflect on America’s tradition of technological innovation in light of America 250. We cover: whether innovators were more willing to take risks and fail during the Founding Era, why Congress used to reward inventors for blowing things up in the Potomac River, whether President Jefferson would have been excited about autonomy in warfare, and how America’s national anthem is actually about military engineering.
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